Improvement in perforated wearing-apparel



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lHAMILTON E. SMITH,

or NEW YORK, N. r.-

-Letters Patent No. 96,358, dated November 2, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PERFORATED HEARING-APPAREL.

-wear?- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making'part of the same to the accompanying drawing vforming part of this specification. y

The invention relates to and consists in an improved inner garment for persons afflicted with rheumatism vor kindred diseases, or those whose delicacy of constitution necessitates some effective protection against fluctuations of climate or temperature.

The ordinary iiannel or other woollen or cotton material, which serve to exclude cold by the quantity of air entangled in their interstices, and of their consequent want of conducting-capacity, are, on the other hand, extremely injurious to the general health, by clogging the ducts .and pores of the skin.

lhe exhalat-ions, which are poured in a continuous stream through the millions of conduits which empty on the surface of the skin, accumulate in a short time to such an extent as to almost prevent the further exit of perspiration and other exeretory matter. Hence, in guarding weak constitutions against one evil, the vital organs, which perform the most important functions, become irreparably injured, and the remedy is found, too late, to be worse than the disease.

The object of my invention is to meet this great difculty, and to4 provide under-garments which will combine all the advantages of non-conducting material with means for rapidly eliminating all the excretory matter as fast as it exudes from the skin. i (Wool, swans-down, and other like substances are not suited to the object in view.) In order to accomplish Vthis end,

I take buck or other skins, partially tanned. At suitable intervals, I punch, or, in some other way, perforate the same, thereby providing numerous outlets for the rapid and certain escape of all noxious exhala tions.`

An inner garment thus prepared provides a sure and effectual preventive against the evils arising from sudden and violent changes in the weather; and is beneficial and preservative of .health in all cases, even where robust health is found.

` In. the 4drawing is shown an exempliiication of myv invention, wherein is exhibited a garment whichcovers the entire surface ofthe body, and, While it interferes at no time with ,the exact, full, and regular per-f formance of their functions by all thebodily organs, operates asa complete protection for the purpose above described.

Having fully described the manner in Which my garment is made,

What I claiin as of my own invention, and desire to vThe above specification of my invention signed byI me, this 1st day of June, 1869.,

HAMILTON E. SMITH.

Witnesses z FRANK BLocKLEY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

